Written by nationally recognized anthropologists Conrad Kottak and Lara Descartes‎,‎ this ethnography of largely white‎,‎ middle class families in a town in the midwest explores the role that the media play in influencing how those families cope with everyday work/family issues‎.‎ The book insightfully reports that families struggle with‎,‎ and make work/family decisions based largely on the images and ideas they receive from media sources‎,‎ though they strongly deny being so influenced‎.‎ An ideal book for teaching undergraduate family‎,‎ media‎,‎ and methods courses‎.‎